The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

While many Ukrainians are still basking in the successful defense of Kyiv, the battle in the Donbas is a punishing grind that poses different challenges.

‘If you really care for Ukraine, weapons, weapons and weapons again,’ says Ukraine’s foreign minister

The Prime Minister called for more Multiple Launch Rocket Systems to be sent to Ukraine as he warned Russia's forces are making 'gradual, slow but I'm afraid palpable progress' in the Donbas

Russian President Vladimir Putin is making slow but palpable progress in the Donbas in east Ukraine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday.

Russian forces in eastern Ukraine captured the center of the railway hub town of Lyman and encircled most of Sievierodonetsk city, Ukrainian officials said on Friday, as Kyiv's forces fell back in the face of Moscow's biggest advance for weeks. Ukraine said its forces still held new defensive lines in…

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of carrying out a "genocide" in the eastern region of Donbas, where the city of Severodonetsk is suffering an onslaught of Russian shelling.

Ukrainian troops are fighting to keep control of parts of the strategic northeastern town of Lyman, the country's defence ministry said on Friday as Russia extended a relentless offensive in the Donbas region, including the Severodonetsk area where authorities say 1,500 people have died since the start of the war.…

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of carrying out a "genocide" in the eastern region of Donbas, where the city of Severodonetsk is suffering an onslaught of Russian shelling. In his daily televised address, Zelensky condemned Moscow's brutal assault on the Donbas -- where it has redirected its forces after…